Link and Match Education in Indonesia: Implementation of New Policies? Effectiveness of Education Policy Implementation in Indonesia

Abstract

Undergraduate unemployment in Indonesia is increasing in number every year. Seeing this phenomenon, the Indonesian Ministry of Education immediately updated the education policy and implemented it. The current new policy seeks to find links and matches for educational curricula with the needs of the world of work. There are several factors that can affect the degree of effectiveness of policy implementation. This study aims to look at several factors that arise from previous studies in their influence on the effectiveness of policy implementation. This research is exploratory quantitative research with the population being the academic community of the Faculty of Economics, Semarang State University who participated in the new policy program. The sample numbered 410 lecturers and students who were counted with Slovin. The sampling technique is random sampling and is taken with a questionnaire. The questionnaire was analyzed with the Structural Equation Model using Warp PLS. The competence of graduates has a weak effect on the effectiveness of policy implementation. When viewed based on the year of its implementation, this policy has only produced one graduating batch. So, it does not seem to be effective when viewed from the competence of university graduates. This study resulted in a linkage between free variables. Institutional support has a weak effect on the competence of graduates. This indicates that there is still weak support from universities and the weak mentality of today's students.